pics that didn't make it on the Christmas card

I haven't blogged in awhile. I have a really, really good excuse though. We have been the house of illness. The week before Thanksgiving Liam caught a cold at the beginning of the week and felt pretty rotten; Kyra caught it at the end of the week and was really sick (fever of 104+). We had scheduled to leave for Indiana for Thanksgiving that Saturday. I conferred with the doctor on Friday and he said the timing stunk, but that we could go. I should have listened to my gut and postponed a few days. It was a traveling experience that you hear about and cringe for the person going through it....We were scheduled to fly from of Colorado Springs to Denver at 9:15 Saturday morning and then from Denver to Indianapolis. There were delays because of fog in Denver, but I was reassured multiple times we'd make our connection in Denver. When we got to Denver, I walked up to the gate where our flight was departing and they closed the doors and refused to let us on. We were less than 3 minutes late. They refused to let us on. We made our way to customer service and were put on standby for a flight 8, yes 8, hours later. That meant I had to kill 8 hours at DIA with 2 sick kiddos. And, I was at the airline's mercy 'cause my car seats were checked and so was just about everything else. I couldn't leave. After I have no idea how many trips on the train and up and down the "elevator stairs" (escalator), we did end up on the flight. It was a miserable flight. I feel for those sitting near us. One or both kids screamed and cried for all but about 20 minutes. I kept reminding myself that if I started crying, it'd only make matters worse. We finally arrived at my mother-in-law's house around 2am. Kyra spent most of the week being whiney and clinging to me. I think that horrendous travel day set her back a few days in getting over the cold 'cause it wasn't 'til Thanksgiving that she started acting even a little like her normal self. Unfortunately, I have NO pics of our trip 'cause I was a bit consumed with my sick girl. But, trust me when I say we had a lovely time with our Indiana and Missouri family and I only hope next time, noone will be sick!!When it was time to come home, I opted to forego the plane tickets, keep the rental car, and drive. There was no way you were going to get me on a flight by myself with 2 little one's who were still congested!

We arrived home last Saturday afternoon. We were all pretty much over the cold by then, but we all caught a stomach bug the beginning of this past week. Let's just say, it's not pleasant to be awakened at 4:45am by a little girl throwing up all over your bed and herself! Thankfully, my dad was a gem and came over and helped us out a couple days.

So, those are my reasons for not blogging lately. I think they're pretty darn good excuses. But, here are a couple pics that didn't quite make it on to the Christmas card this year....


I love my brudder!!!

Spaghetti face

She doesn't like sauce, but if brudder has his shirt off, she wants hers off too!!!
Aunt Debbie made the necklace for her and it hasn't come off since she put it on!